{"id":1156,"date":"2010-12-29T01:23:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T08:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2010-12-29T01:23:34","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T08:23:34","slug":"captcha-this-byatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2010\/12\/29\/captcha-this-byatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Captcha This, Byatch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google announced the development of an autonomous self driving vehicle that has the potential of revolutionizing and maximizing the use of roads, fuels, and other resources.  I wondered out loud, via Twitter, what other struggling industries might need some of Google algorithmic-minded engineering.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@techknow: In addition to moving into the automotive industry, Google should get into the airline business and revolutionize it from the ground up.<\/li>\n<li>@SchemaCzar: Google did get into the airline biz a few months ago by buying ITA Software.<\/li>\n<li>@techknow: You are right, I totally forgot about that acquisition. Okay, the business they still haven&#8217;t entered into: home loans!  They could fix the mortgage industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spam and spambots are a big problem for website operators, but their solutions to get around spambots is hurting the web just as much as the spam.  Personally, I despise captchas.  Captchas are those cryptic and distorted letters or words that look you have to type to prove that you are a real person when signing up for a web application or service.  I recently had to do an eye test and I have 20\/20 vision and I have trouble entering captchas, imagine the accessibility issues that people with disabilities have to deal with because of these.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@techknow: I get personally insulted when I am prompted to prove my humaness with a captcha. It makes me wanna bust a cap-tcha on some webdeveloper!!!<\/li>\n<li>@AaronBoynton: I so agree! There are better ways #downwithcaptcha<\/li>\n<li>@techknow: The worst part is that I start thinking that maybe I am a robot because I can&#8217;t read the damn captcha. A robot with poor vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written about <a href=\"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2010\/10\/11\/foursquare-missing-features\/\">missing features in Foursquare<\/a> and other location based web services before.  There is little or no utility in checking into a location though Foursquare.  In check into hotels more than I check into Foursquare.  In check into a restaurant more than I check into Facebook Places.  I want to be able to check into a restaurant and make an order.  I want to check into a hotel and check in without talking to the front desk.  I want to check into a parking structure and pay for parking.  The following conversation started with that idea.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@techknow: I would like the hotel check-in process to be as easy as Foursquare check-in.<\/li>\n<li>@ButtercupD: cool would be something similar Fastrak for bridge tolls&#8211;what about frequent guest card and walk in and autochecks you.<\/li>\n<li>@techknow: We should patent that. ;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was fortunate enough to get a free CR-48 Crome notebook from Google.  People outside of Google had the opportunity to sign up for one and this was the first raffle\/lottery that I have ever won.  This is the first time I have ever heard of a company making available a test pilot product to people outside of the company in this fashion.  I think it was marketing genius and Google engineers will mine a lot of real life usage data from pilot users.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@techknow: My Google wish came true, and it came in a UPS box!<\/li>\n<li>@aaronhalford: aw, everyone is getting a CR-48 but me. Enjoy it!<\/li>\n<li>@techknow: Thanks! I hope you get one too! I also wish that Apple had a similar program. I also wish for world peace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google announced the development of an autonomous self driving vehicle that has the potential of revolutionizing and maximizing the use of roads, fuels, and other resources. 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